[Avodah] Evolution

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:45:08PM -0500, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: Macroevolution is also a proven fact if it is defined very simply as  
: "change over time." You can look at ancient fossils and see horses and dogs that  
: are recognizably horses and dogs, but different from modern-day horses and  
: dogs.

: What scientists claim is that evolution can explain the origin of species,  
: which is the very thing we dispute. Not gonna loop to that because it's 
: been  done and done and done...

Then you might recall that I posted examples of documented speciation, and
not "just" to explain the fossil record. Check out the examples at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation>.

"Macroevolution", as far as I can tell, is used in popular parlance only as
a way to divide off whatever aspect of evolution a Creationist wants to
claim hasn't been seen in today's world from those that have, so that
they can deny it occurs. And as more things are proven, "macroevolution"
shifts in meaning. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroevolution#Misuse>.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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